Detective Comics #257

(July 1958)

Are You a Litter-Bug? (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff ?

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Batman's Invincible Foe (Table of Contents)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Charles Paris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner Gordon (supporting); Karko (intro, villain); Mahan

Synopsis:

A criminal and a policeman from the future draw Batman into the middle of their battle.

["I ordered a whole truck-load of canned goods."] (Table of Contents)

Warden Willis / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Warden Willis

The Return of Cleopatra (Table of Contents)

Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Roy Raymond; Karen (supporting); Hamid (intro, villain)

Reprints:

• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #27 (December 1958)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Humorous Sheriff! / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman Whirly-Word Game / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Batman [Bruce Wayne]

Indexer Notes

puzzle

The Ghost-Written Clue (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

King of the Underworld! (Table of Contents)

John Jones Manhunter from Mars / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake ?

Pencils:

Joe Certa

Inks:

Joe Certa

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Martian Manhunter [John Jones; J'onn J'onzz]; Captain Harding (supporting); Willie Wanger (intro, villain, death); Bert Weldon (intro, villain); Mike Herty (intro, villain)

Synopsis:

There's a gang war to determine who will take Willy Wanger's place, and Jones is determined to win.

Reprints:

• in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #27 (December 1958)
• in Showcase Presents: Martian Manhunter (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

writer id by Bob Hughes 6/09

["In which the five-foot flatfoot, the pick of the pickpocket squad, gets picked--but good!"] (Table of Contents)

O'Malley of the 4th Precinct / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Irwin Hasen

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen

Inks:

Irwin Hasen

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

O'Malley; Mr. Mintore